Iconic images: The American soldier

This Veterans Day, let's take a look back at the American soldier.

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U.S. Marines of the 7th Fleet's special landing team, the 1st Battalion, 26th Marines, crouch on a dirt trail with a 3.5 inch rocket launcher about one mile (2000 meters) south of the demilitarized zone (DMZ) as they respond to sniper fire during Operation Prairie against the North Vietnamese 324B Division, September 1966.

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U.S. Marines of the 7th Fleet's special landing team, the 1st Battalion, 26th Marines, crouch on a dirt trail with a 3.5 inch rocket launcher about one mile (2000 meters) south of the demilitarized zone (DMZ) as they respond to sniper fire during Operation Prairie against the North Vietnamese 324B Division, September 1966.